One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever?

@d2girls

here is an explanation

https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/intersample-overs-in-cd-recordings

“Every D/A chip and SRC chip that we have tested here at Benchmark has an intersample clipping problem! To the best of our knowledge, no chip manufacturer has adequately addressed this problem. For this reason, virtually every audio device on the market has an intersample overload problem. This problem is most noticeable when playing 44.1 kHz sample rates.”

No wonder upsampling of files sounds better to most people. It isn’t anything to do with higher resolution just less clipping!

Well, I have to say, interestingly, and perhaps coincidentally, that since that article came out, DAC's have gotten MUCH better at playing redbook. You can find this in several of my posts, I"ve been saying this for years. 

So, if it was a problem then, it seems to have been fixed today! 

Erik 

PS - The article claims publication in 2017, but I know I have read it from Benchmark long before then. 

@erik_squires 

Roon has a -3dB volume adjustment that is specifically intended to fix this problem. So if you use the right software then even a DAC that would normally clip can be made to work properly,